Hook worms

[Pammielu]

Okay got a question for you guys. Can my puppy get worms from his siblings that have not been wormed? I think I have found the other puppy a great home, if I can convince the owner of that. But I would love to bring him home first and clean him up a little. So, what do you all know?

[Moo]

Dogs generally get worms from ingesting the eggs from someone else's poop.

[GSDNewbie]

Dogs may become infected with hookworms by four routes: orally, through the skin, through the mother's placenta before birth, and through the mother's milk.
A dog may become infected when it swallows hookworm larvae (immature worm). The larvae may also penetrate the skin and migrate to the intestine to mature and complete its life cycle. If a pregnant dog has hookworms, the pregnancy may reactivate larvae. These larvae will enter the female's circulation and pass to the puppy through the placental blood flow. Finally, puppies may become infected through the mother's milk. This is considered to be an important route of infection for puppies.